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Carpentry Apprentice Training Program
Carpentry Apprentice Training Program
at Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council
Chicago Catalog
Our Apprentice Training Program combines hands-on classroom education by qualified instructors with on-the-job training. This “earn while you learn” approach gives you the opportunity to earn a good living while developing highly marketable skills for life. An apprentice is someone who is learning a trade by working under the guidance of skilled journeymen. It’s on-the-job training. You earn while you learn and are paid a wage from the first day you’re hired by a contractor. Apprentices usually start at about 40 percent of the skilled journeyman’s rate of pay. Apprentice wages are increased at periodic intervals until their wages are up to 80 percent of the journeyman’s rate-usually the last year of training.
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Carpenters
Construct, erect, install, or repair structures and fixtures made of wood and comparable materials, such as concrete forms; building frameworks, including partitions, joists, studding, and rafters; and wood stairways, window and door frames, and hardwood floors. May also install cabinets, siding, drywall, and batt or roll insulation. Includes brattice builders who build doors or brattices (ventilation walls or partitions) in underground passageways.
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$36,160
$51,390
$89,950
$17.39
$24.71
$43.25
Admissions
If the above requirements are met the applicant must obtain a recommendation from one of the following:
- Be 17 years of age or older.
- Reside in one of the following Illinois Counties: Cook, DuPage, Grundy, Iroquois, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, McHenry or Will
- Have a valid driver’s license or state I.D. card.
- Have a High School diploma or a G.E.D. Certificate or officially sealed High School Transcripts (minimum 8 credits).
- Original Social Security card or a receipt showing an application for a duplicate card has been applied for.
- Submit a $25.00 non-refundable Application Processing Fee (Money Order/Cashiers Check ONLY). No cash or credit cards are accepted. PRIOR TO TRAINING START DATE:
- Must be physically fit to work as a carpenter (no restrictions).
- Pass a proficiency test.
- Pass a drug test.